u/dapperjohnn

Banned Books Week this year is from October 4-10 with this year's theme being “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.”

A few links directly relating to this:

Banned Books Week Coalition site - central hub for the event, theme, downloads, news, and action ideas

ALA Banned Books Week page - free downloads, artwork, and materials

PEN America Banned Books Week page - research summaries and listed events

Unite Against Book Bans - action toolkit, messaging guide, and book résumés for defending titles

Book Riot - Participate in a Read-in for Banned Books Week

There is a stickied post - Welcome Educators, Librarians, & Readers........... here - https://www.reddit.com/r/bannedbooks/comments/134potk/welcome_educators_librarians_readers_to/

Banned Books Week is next month, I figured it's time for a little refresh. Going to clean out any broken/outdated links, add links related to banned books. I think most of it will stay the same, so you might not see much difference. Can't edit it since it was a previous mod's post. So this will be a suggestion thread for anything you think should be added. It will be considered, then will make a new post with the changes and sticky that.

One I'm going to add for sure since it's a dead on match and run by one of the mods is The Banned Books Museum - https://bannedbooksmuseum.com/

So suggestions welcomed below. Will take suggestions this month, then do an update.

Another victory in Florida, which has been a Red State lately. Florida getting active. Just some quotes from the article:

"Orange County voters flipped the school board chair voting in Angie Gallo over conservative-backed Alicia Farrant on Tuesday."

"Gallo received endorsements from the Democratic Public Education Caucus of Florida, Equality Florida PAC, Everytown for Gun Safety, Florida Education Association, Gun Sense Voter, Orange County Classroom Teachers Association, the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, and more."

"Angie's victory means Orange County voters have kicked out the last Moms for Liberty member off the Orange County School Board. Floridians are tired of culture wars in our classrooms and are electing leaders who will focus on the practical things our students need," the Florida Democratic Party said in a statement.

Farrant said she was disappointed with the outcome but acknowledged "the city has spoken."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democrat-backed-gallo-wins-orange-181800771.html